Conveying medication prescriptions in American Sign Language: Use of emphasis in translations by interpreters and deaf physicians

Conveying medication prescriptions in American Sign Language: Use of emphasis in translations by interpreters and deaf physicians

In this study we examine linguistic features produced by interpreters and deaf bilingual physicians when translating medication instructions from English into American Sign Language (ASL). In the U.S. healthcare system, signed language interpreters are frequently called upon to facilitate communicat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brenda Nicodemus, Laurie Swabey, Christopher Moreland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Sydney University 2014-04-01
Series:Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research
Subjects:
healthcare
prescriptions
interpreters
physicians
deaf
american sign language
repetition
modals
prosody
emphasis
Online Access:http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/287/149

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